Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-02-26
Sam Jones in New York.

Sam JtneS III New lOFh'
Sam Jones, the famous re iva
list, entertained a large audience a
the Young Mems Christian Assoc
alton rooms, Fourth. avenue, cor
ner of Twenty third street, las
night. He spoke cxfemporancous
~ for an hour and twenty minute
and talked in general about char
acter, but found time to also ex
press what he Thought of many 9th
or things. There is nothing ornate
about Sam Jones's rhetoric, bu
what he has to say he says in SIM
pie and at times childlike language
and he lsn'tafraid of calling Jlings
by their right names. His talk wa,
highly interesting to the audience
and lie was frequently interrupted
by loud applause. The basis ofal
true character Sam Jones thinks
:il;is3the affections. sSbow M what 9
man lilles,n said Mr.. Jones, can't
what lie hates and L will tell you
his claracter.n Among the Other
iorcible and remarkable sayings Of
this remarkable man were the fol-
loving:
Zone trouble with rhe theology
OF to day is that it is too broadcast
ed. I like things in rows. [ want
my. theology to be Ikea telescope.
so can lool: up through it and
see the spires in the city of tfol.a
"a mans reputation is Ike his
glrl. He can put her on or OFF and
not lose much. Reputation is cas-
lily made. Today crowd will cry
mans hosannAS; tomorrow it will
cry, Cruelty him."
"Inlidclity is only a great big
mouth going all around talking
There's nothing in it bnt mouth,
nothing behind it to back it up
Look under it and over it and
through 1t and on all sides Off aud
you only find mouth"
"Faith is traces, and all you've
got to do is step in and go ahead.
Doubt is like these hold back az
rangements, and if you step in you
are sure to go backwards
"We shouldn't ask for more grace
but we shonld use the grace we've
got already. It's not the use OF
grace, but the misuse OF it that
damns men. Tnere never wilS Il
bigger lal>ehood perpetrated on
God than the Sunday school song,
Surely, the Captain cln depend on
me-"
"People say to me-, Jones. why
don't you preach Christi You only
preach law 10 I'LL such | say, DO
you suppose I'lIbring my God down
here among you cutthroatsF The
pulpit is She last place in tile world
to show ihe white feather. The
greatest b ,essiug church Can have
is a preacher who is game from
,hes1-tasffa9t Ihe-anp,-s-af. slsees I11A5-
than "
( "a man who has the courage
2 preach his convictions MUST be e
7 centric nowadays. Pm eccentr
I, they all say, and butcher ly gran
Il mar. God never made two fellow
D alike, because if he did one OF the
!. wouldn't amount to much"
"There's many al Old SalyaJlo
Army fellow who is going to S
around the throne and MANY a
D. WHO is going to take Il back sea
y I'm going to be q d. ID. myse
n some day, but then things are COZ
+ ing down and Pm going up"
y "a good mayy preachers have g
] Wholesale liquor dealers in tue
a church, but they dontsay anythlll
about them because they mig
n hurt their feelings. Ifthere is al
body>in this world | hold i'll col
tempt it's the fellow who 60
q around with his feelings sticklr
out like quilts OIL a porcupine
q back"
"Do you wantto know the diff
j ence between moral and phiSlc
~ courage9 The first Is the he
standing up forthe right, and Il
second is the little bull pup slice
% ing OH the mat"